Re: vim7.3 configure error

On 28/03/11 06:58, sinbad wrote:
> i am trying to build vim7.3 version. i am getting the
> following error during config,
>
> checking for tgetent in -lncurses... no
> checking for tgetent in -ltermlib... no
> checking for tgetent in -ltermcap... no
> checking for tgetent in -lcurses... no
>
> i donwloaded latest version of ncurses and installed the
> libraries
>
> $ ./configure --with-tlib=/home/user/lib/lib/libncurses.so.5.8
>
> it still didn't work, i am getting the following error.
>
> checking --with-tlib argument... /home/user/lib/lib/libncurses.so.5.8
> checking for linking with /home/user/lib/lib/libncurses.so.5.8
> library... configure: error: FAILED
>
>
> any thoughts ?
>

Didn't you forget to install the corresponding "development" packages?
On my openSUSE 11.4 Linux system, tgetent is provided by the
ncurses-devel package.

In general, whenever you compile a program, you need _development_
packages for everything that that program will use: the libraries
required to _run_ it are also needed but by themselves they aren't enough.

Best regards,
Tony.
--
The Three Major Kind of Tools

* Tools for hittings things to make them loose or to tighten them up or
jar their many complex, sophisticated electrical parts in such a
manner that they function perfectly. (These are your hammers, maces,
bludgeons, and truncheons.)

* Tools that, if dropped properly, can penetrate your foot. (Awls)

* Tools that nobody should ever use because the potential danger is far
greater than the value of any project that could possibly result.
(Power saws, power drills, power staplers, any kind of tool that uses
any kind of power more advanced than flashlight batteries.)
-- Dave Barry, "The Taming of the Screw"

--
You received this message from the "vim_use" maillist.
Do not top-post! Type your reply below the text you are replying to.
For more information, visit http://www.vim.org/maillist.php